Billings, Josh

Japanese: ビリングズ(英語表記)Billings, Josh
Billings, Josh
Born April 21, 1818 in Lanesborough, Massachusetts
[Died] October 14, 1885. Monterey, California. American humorist. Real name Henry Wheeler Shaw. After dropping out of college, he wandered the West, working in various jobs. In his middle age, he was recognized for his humorous social satire, which led to the publication of Josh Billings: His Sayings (1865). After 1867, he became famous as a contributor to the New York Weekly, and published a series of articles that exploited the humor of rural spelling and grammar. His other works include Farmer's Allminax (70-79).

Billings
Billings

A city along the Yellowstone River in south-central Montana, USA. It is located at an altitude of 951m. It was newly established in 1882 with the construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and irrigation agriculture and cattle ranching became popular around 1900. It is the center of the agricultural region, producing sugar beets, wheat, and wool, and also raising chickens and pigs. There are meat processing plants, flour mills, and oil refineries. It is also home to East Montana University (1927) and other facilities. Population 81,151 (1990).

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information

Japanese:
[生]1818.4.21. マサチューセッツ,レーンズバラ
[没]1885.10.14. カリフォルニア,モンテレー
アメリカのユーモア作家。本名 Henry Wheeler Shaw。大学中退後西部を放浪,さまざまな職業に従事し,中年になってから書いたユーモラスな社会風刺が認められ,『ジョッシュ・ビリングズ言説録』 Josh Billings: His Sayings (1865) を出版。 1867年以後『ニューヨーク・ウィークリー』誌の寄稿者として有名になり,田舎言葉の誤った綴り,文法から生れる滑稽を利用する文章を次々に発表した。ほかに『農夫の暦』 Farmer's Allminax (70~79) 。

ビリングズ
Billings

アメリカ合衆国,モンタナ州中南部,イエローストーン川に沿う都市。標高 951mの高地に位置する。 1882年ノーザン・パシフィック鉄道の敷設によって新設された都市で,1900年頃から灌漑農業と牧牛が盛んになった。農業地域の中心地で,テンサイ,コムギ,羊毛を産し,養鶏,養豚も行う。精肉加工,製粉,精油工場がある。イーストモンタナ大学 (1927) その他がある。人口8万 1151 (1990) 。

出典 ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典について 情報

<<:  Vannoccio Biringuccio (English spelling)

>>:  pilling

Recommend

HAL - Spring

[machine] The university brand of University of Ts...

Adler, F. (English spelling) AdlerF

...Those critical of the Bolsheviks held a confer...

Analytical Number Theory

It is a field of study that applies analytical me...

Acid and base - sanenki (English spelling)

The concepts of acids and bases have undergone man...

Bacon's Rebellion

A peasant rebellion broke out in the Virginia colo...

Speyer (English spelling)

A small city in the state of Rhineland-Pfalz, loca...

Heterotropa sakawana (English spelling) Heterotropasakawana

… [Mitsuru Hotta]... *Some of the terminology tha...

Equilibrium electrode potential

The electrode potential when an electrode reaction...

Tadamasa Annaka

… [Takeo Arisue] [Annaka Castle Town] A castle to...

Barelli, A.

…Nymphenburg means “Nymph Castle.” It was origina...

Malingering - Malingering

The act of pretending to be sick when you are not...

Fourrey, E.

…Arithmetic puzzles aim to make numbers interesti...

MOR - Middle of the road

A general term for music that is easy to listen to...

Hoki Province - Houki no Kuni

One of the eight San'in-do provinces. It is i...

The Ardeal School - A school of thought

…Official name: Romania Area: 237,500 km2 Populat...